---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Requires retail establishments to accept cash in payment for goods and services excluding online purchases.)"
description: "AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Requires retail establishments to accept cash in payment for goods and services excluding online purchases.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 889"
citation: "Rhode Island SB 889 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commercial Law"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conley", "Felag", "Gallo", "Lombardi", "Seveney"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-05-22"
last_action: "2019-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cec4dc78-6c95-4494-bf4a-26a21575fba6"
source_url: "http://status.rilin.state.ri.us/"
source_hash: "d71d19dcf7de5717bf54f136ea34d28d404673f27a51a7fe4a797e1a20046780"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island SB 889 (2019) — AN ACT RELATING TO COMMERCIAL LAW - GENERAL REGULATORY PROVISIONS - DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES (Requires retail establishments to accept cash in payment for goods and services excluding online purchases.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **889** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText19/SenateText19/S0889.pdf)

## Votes

- Passage — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- IN CONCURRENCE — **66–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Conley — primary (person)
- Felag — primary (person)
- Gallo — primary (person)
- Lombardi — primary (person)
- Seveney — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-05-22** 05/22/2019 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-24** 05/24/2019 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (05/28/2019)
- **2019-05-28** 05/28/2019 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
- **2019-05-31** 05/31/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/04/2019)
- **2019-06-04** 06/04/2019 Committee recommends passage `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-05** 06/05/2019 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/11/2019)
- **2019-06-11** 06/11/2019 Senate read and passed `passage`
- **2019-06-12** 06/12/2019 Referred to House Corporations `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-14** 06/14/2019 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2019)
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Committee recommends passage in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-06-18** 06/18/2019 Placed on House Calendar (06/20/2019)
- **2019-06-20** 06/20/2019 House passed in concurrence `passage`
- **2019-06-26** 06/26/2019 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-28** 06/28/2019 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cec4dc78-6c95-4494-bf4a-26a21575fba6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).